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Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Youth Tobacco Product Use Continues to Decline as FDA Actions Build Momentum » Dr. Brian King, Director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, recently authored a blog post highlighting recently...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 How to Increase Access to Tobacco Cessation Medications: A Look at Expanding the Prescriptive Author » On December 4th, the Public Health Law Center hosted a seminar titled “How to Increase Access to Tobacco Cessation Medicat...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 The DIMENSIONS: Nicotine Free-Toolkit from Behavioral Health and Wellness Program » In 2021, 11.5% of U.S. adults smoked cigarettes and 66.5% of adults who had ever smoked cigarettes had quit smoking. The n...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Truth Initiative Launches New National Campaign "Outsmart Nicotine" » Truth Initiative unveiled a new campaign Outsmart Nicotine , aimed at preventing youth and young adul...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 New American Journal of Medicine Commentary: A Practical Guide to Smoking Cessation » A new commentary titled “A Practical Guide to Smoking Cessation”, co-authored by Pamela Ling, MD, MPH, Director of the&nbs...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 In Victory for Public Health, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Tobacco Industry’s Challenge to Gra » On November 25, In a tremendous victory for public health, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a tobacco i...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 U.S. Retail Sales Data Show 86% of E-cigarette Sales are for Illegal Products » New research from Truth Initiative finds that the overwhelming majority – more than 86 percent – of e-cigarettes on the ma...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 E-cigarettes: Facts, Stats, and Regulations » While e-cigarette use prevalence has declined significantly since the heyday of JUUL, an estimated 1.63 million middle and...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Counter Tobacco Podcast » In this episode , Counter Tobacco talks about the largest monetary settlements in the tobacco prevention and con...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Across all 50 States, the Same 5 Disparities in Cigarette Smoking Persist » Across the country, data show a consistent pattern of disparities in cigarette smoking, highlighting the relationship betw...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 CDC Feature Article Encourages People to Join ACS’s Great American Smokeout® » Share a new CDC feature article . The article encourages people to join the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Gr...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 New Motivational "Quitspiration" Cards » Motivational “Quitspiration” Cards are available in Spanish! These cards are meant to inspire and suppo...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Vaping Lingo Dictionary: A Guide to Popular Terms and Devices » An estimated 1.63 million middle and high school students currently use e-cigarettes, with 38.4% reporting frequent use. N...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 E-cigarettes: Facts, Stats and Regulations » While e-cigarette use prevalence has declined significantly since the heyday of JUUL, an estimated 1.63 million middle a...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Won’t You Be My Tobacco-free Neighbor? » The National Behavioral Health Network (NBHN) is pleased to share a newly published resource titled,&nbs...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 NYS Quitline Launches Spanish-Language Texting Service » To help Hispanic and Latinx adults learn how to quit, the New York State Quitline (Quitline) now offers a Spanis...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 What is the Difference Between Commercial Tobacco and Sacred Tobacco? » Tobacco has a central role in many indigenous communities, making it paramount to distinguish its sacred use from commerci...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 ASTHO Launches Menthol Capacity Building Site » ASTHO announced the launch of the Menthol Capacity Building web page. As a direct result of the ASTHO and CDC/...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Prioritizing Mental Wellbeing Along the Cancer Care Continuum » The National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control (NBHN) has just finalized and publ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 The American Lung Association Tobacco Cessation Coverage Resources » The American Lung Association has released several additional tobacco cessation coverage resources. A new memo and accompa...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Truth Initiative Vaping Lingo Dictionary » The Truth Initiative has developed a resource that provides a list of popular products, as well as terms and phrases that...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Are Kids Using Nicotine in the Classroom? What to Look for and How to Talk About Risks » As students return to the classroom this fall, they’ll be excited to show off new clothes, sneakers, and electronics – and...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 State and Local Policies to Reduce Flavored Tobacco Use: Reversing the Tobacco Tipping Point Among H » This comprehensive report & infographics by the Nuestras Voces Adelante Network Program reveals the alarming increase...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 11 Leading Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold FDA’s Marketing Denial Orders for Flavore » Eleven leading medical, public health and community organizations have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court u...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 New Lung Association Anti-Youth Vaping Campaign Launches » American Lung Association launches a new youth vaping campaign, “ You’re the Best Person .” This public s...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Updated 2024 version of The Learning about Healthy Living Manual » An updated 2024 version of The Learning About Healthy Living: Tobacco and You (LAHL) treatment manual is a...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 WHO Clinical Treatment Guideline for Tobacco Cessation in Adults » The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first comprehensive g uideline on tobacco cessation...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Impact of Chevron Ruling on Public Health » In the recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old legal prec...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Nearly Half of all Cancer Deaths in the U.S. are Preventable — and Smoking is a Leading Risk Factor » A new study by the American Cancer Society found that 44% of all cancer deaths among U.S. adults were attr...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Supporting Tobacco Cessation in the Black Community » Despite the relative decline in U.S. commercial tobacco use, Black Americans still face disproportionate commercial tobacc...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Text Message Program from Truth Initiative Helps Teens Quit E-cigarettes » Teens enrolled in Truth Initiative’s text message-based quit-vaping program were 35% more likely to quit vaping nicotine w...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 How Celebrity-branded and Tech-forward E-cigarettes May be Contributing to Youth Nicotine Use » In the growing e-cigarette marketplace, celebrity brands and tech-forward designs may be contributing to youth uptake of t...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 ASTHO TRL Policies » States and municipalities are adopting tobacco retailer licensing (TRL) laws, requiring stores to obtain licenses to sell...
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Zyn Rewards Program Follows Big Tobacco’s Marketing Playbook » Amid a dramatic increase in popularity, surging sales, and social media buzz, the flavored oral nicotine pouch brand Zyn i...
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Local Restrictions on Flavored Tobacco and E-cigarette Products » Sales restrictions on all flavored tobacco products are gaining momentum at the local and state level. As of March 31, 202...
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